“The genetic make-up of sperm changes as a man ages and develops DNA code that favours a longer life – a trait he then passes to his children.

The team found the link after analysing the DNA of 1,779 young adults.

Their work appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
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So if your dad was getting on in years when he was getting on to begat you chances are you’ll live to a ripe old age, apparently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18392873

mature sperm… pfft as if..

In a sample size of 1:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin#Children

Peak Warming Man said:

“The genetic make-up of sperm changes as a man ages and develops DNA code that favours a longer life – a trait he then passes to his children.

The team found the link after analysing the DNA of 1,779 young adults.

Their work appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
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So if your dad was getting on in years when he was getting on to begat you chances are you’ll live to a ripe old age, apparently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18392873

nice.. if the man on my birth certificate was really my dad, he was 55 when I was sired ;)

>nice.. if the man on my birth certificate was really my dad, he was 55 when I was sired ;)

What a bastard thing to say.

:)

sibeen said:

>nice.. if the man on my birth certificate was really my dad, he was 55 when I was sired ;)

What a bastard thing to say.

:)

one has one’s doubts ;)

So if this is true would it be correct to say that it must have some evolutionary dimension?

Peak Warming Man said:

“The genetic make-up of sperm changes as a man ages and develops DNA code that favours a longer life – a trait he then passes to his children.

The team found the link after analysing the DNA of 1,779 young adults.

Their work appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
—————————————————————————————————————————————————

So if your dad was getting on in years when he was getting on to begat you chances are you’ll live to a ripe old age, apparently.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18392873

Curious. I remember seeing a similar report about 10-15 years ago about female Drosophila: the older the mother was when the eggs were fertilised, the longer-lived the offspring were.

It’s fairly well-known that the older the father at conception the greater the risk of congenital defects like Down Syndrome.

Wocky said:

Curious. I remember seeing a similar report about 10-15 years ago about female Drosophila: the older the mother was when the eggs were fertilised, the longer-lived the offspring were.

It’s fairly well-known that the older the father at conception the greater the risk of congenital defects like Down Syndrome.

weird.. we were told the mothers age, and therefore eggs, is the indicator for higher cases of Down Syndrome etc